File Storage at College

At Barton, all students are given both Home Directory and Google Drive storage spaces. Find out more about these below:

Google Drive

Google Drive is the best place to store your documents, all students receive a default storage of 15GB and you can access it on pretty much any device with an internet browser. Plus it’s automatically backed up regularly and easily integrates with the other Google apps you use at Barton.

We’ve got a Google Drive Guide to get you up to speed on how to use Drive and its features.

If you are doing any of the following courses, your default Google Storage would be larger due to subject demands:

• Art/Media : 50GB on Google Drive
• Music: 15GB on Google Drive
• PE / Performing Arts: 25GB on Google Drive

Home Directory / Documents

Your file storage on the College’s central file space is commonly known as your home directory, H drive or Documents. 

The easiest way to access it is through the Documents library when logged onto a Windows 10 PC. The default disk quota is 5GB and you can use it to store your college work.

If you are doing any of the following courses, your Home Directory Storage would be larger due to subject demands:

• Art / Media : 15GB on Windows
• Music : 15GB on Macs

Where to Save?

We recommend storing as much as possible in Google Drive, it allows you to access your files easily at home. You can use the Google Drive for Desktop app on the college Windows PC's to save your files directly to Google Drive without having to upload it separately. 

Why You Shouldn’t Use USB Sticks

USB Sticks may seem convenient but they’re not the most reliable of devices and once they’re broken it’s almost impossible to get the data off of them. Plus, they're easily lost so you could lose a lot of your work by mislaying it.

Why You Shouldn’t Use USB Sticks

To give you peace of mind, the College’s servers are backed up daily. This means files in your home directory are secured against any disk failure or corruption that may occur. We understand that sometimes you can delete a file by accident. If this happens, we may be able to restore your file. Please note, however, that files created and deleted within the same day cannot be retrieved.

Don’t forget, Google automatically backs up all your Google Drive data. We can restore files deleted from Google Drive within the last 30 days. After 30 days, restoration is still possible but it’s a more involved process and isn’t guaranteed.